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Closing Date: 12-Noon on Friday 18th July 2025.

If you're passionate about procurement and want to work in a sector that can really deliver change and improvement to our local communities, then our Procurement Officer role is for you.

• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) for full-time employees.
• Working from home up to 2 days per week.
• Health cash plan membership so you can save money by claiming cashback – over £1000 each year – towards essential healthcare such as dental, optical, physio, and more. We’ll also cover the costs of including any dependent children in the scheme – up to the age of 21 or 24 if in full-time education.
• Access to savings on gym memberships, cashback, and discounts on purchases from major retailers including supermarkets, travel, cinema, and more.
• Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3 x salary.

About the Procurement Officer Role:

This role will involve:

• Providing excellent procurement support across the Bernicia Group.
• Evaluating and managing procurement activities.
• Maintaining strong relationships with all stakeholders.
• Meeting or exceeding performance targets to ensure continually improving operational performance. To ensure procurement services meet customers’ expectations and priorities, and that customers have opportunities to influence service delivery.

Your Experience:

Successful candidates will need:

• Minimum of two years of public procurement experience.
• Knowledge of the Procurement Act 2023.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• IT skills including the use of Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel.
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as within a team.
• CIPS Qualification or working towards CIPS.
• Experience of delivering services within the social housing sector.
• Experience of e-procurement systems, specifically In-Tend.

About us:

• We’re all about helping people in need of housing. We believe a good home makes many other things possible, so we provide great homes and services that do just that.
• We’ve built Bernicia to be a business that people want to be a part of. We’re one of the North East’s largest and most successful housing providers; building, renting, selling, and managing homes, as well as providing services to over 60,000 customers.
• Everything about Bernicia is people-focused; that’s why we’ve held the Investors in People Gold Award since 2010.
• We operate within a set of simple but effective values, which blend to create our unique ‘Bernicia Way’ culture. This ensures we are customer-focused, working together, respecting each other, being accountable for our actions, and demonstrating integrity and leadership.

Please note: You may be required to drive for business if this forms a requirement of the role. If so, you will need to hold a current and valid driving licence.

Contact: Kerry Hunter at 0191 238 3812.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than advertised should we receive a large volume of applications.

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The Group is fully committed to promoting equal opportunities and particularly welcomes applications from groups currently underrepresented at Bernicia.